Talk:International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

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[edit] Kluge?

• Two species of Madagascar snake were given the species epithet madagascariensis by André Marie Constant Duméril and Gabriel Bibron in 1844 — Pelophilus madagascariensis and Xiphosoma madagascariensis. George Albert Boulenger moved the former to the genus Boa in 1893, giving it the name Boa madagascariensis. This meant that when Kluge moved Xiphosoma madagascariensis to the genus Boa in 1991, the name Boa madagascariensis was invalid — a junior secondary homonym. So Kluge gave the species the replacement name Boa manditra.

Kluge? This needs clarification. --thickslab 16:07, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

What clarification is needed? Would it help if the article mentioned that "Kluge" is Arnold G. Kluge of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan? Gdr 20:55, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

As someone who didn't know much about zoology who surfed into the article doing research, the sudden reference to "Kluge" confused me. The paragraph seemed to me to mention Kluge out of nowhere without any reference anywhere else in the article (and a wikipedia search for Kluge was unhelpful.) I think your suggestion is helpful, so I'll go ahead and add it. --thickslab 16:07, 21 February 2006 (UTC)